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Implementing Nonlethal Solutions for Free-Roaming Cat Management in a County in the Southeastern United States

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
From 2006 to 2017, stray or free-roaming cats ranged from 35 to 54% of all animals going into the public shelter in Hillsborough County, Florida. Shelter overcrowding of cats, including free-roaming, feral, or community cats, is a major problem in parts ...
Francis Hamilton
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The Cohabitation of Humans and Urban Cats in the Anthropocene: The Clash of Welfare Concepts

Animals, 2021
Urban environments are inhabited by several types of feline populations, which we can differentiate as feral cats, free-roaming pets, and confined pets.
Filip Jaroš
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What Conservation Biologists Can Do to Counter Trap‐Neuter‐Return: Response to Longcore et al. [PDF]

Conservation Biology, 2010
CHRISTOPHER A. LEPCZYK,∗ NICO DAUPHINE,† DAVID M. BIRD,‡ SHEILA CONANT,§ ROBERT J. COOPER,∗∗ DAVID C. DUFFY,†† PAMELA JO HATLEY,§§ PETER P. MARRA,∗∗∗ ELIZABETH STONE,††† AND STANLEY A. TEMPLE‡‡§§§ ∗Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, U.S.A., email lepczyk@hawaii.edu ...
Lepczyk, C. A., Dauphiné, N., Bird, D. M., Conant, S., Cooper, R. J., Duffy, D. C., Hatley, P. J., Marra, Peter P., Stone, E., Temple, S. A.   +9 more
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Biochemical survey of free-roaming cats (Felis catus) in New York City presented to a trap-neuter-return program. [PDF]

J Feline Med Surg, 2014
Free-roaming cats in New York, NY, USA, that presented to a trap–neuter–return program were surveyed for biochemical data. One hundred and one cats had blood collected for a plasma biochemistry panel after the induction of surgical anesthesia. Reference intervals for 18 analytes were generated for the sample population, along with age-specific ...
Wycislo KL, Connolly SL, Slater MR, Makolinski KV.   +3 more
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Simulating free-roaming cat population management options in open demographic environments.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Large populations of free-roaming cats (FRCs) generate ongoing concerns for welfare of both individual animals and populations, for human public health, for viability of native wildlife populations, and for local ecological damage.
Philip S Miller, John D Boone, Joyce R Briggs, Dennis F Lawler, Julie K Levy, Felicia B Nutter, Margaret Slater, Stephen Zawistowski   +7 more
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Impact of general anaesthesia on immune response to first rabies vaccination in seronegative domestic cats

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Despite common concerns, evidence that anaesthesia impairs vaccine efficacy remains limited. This study assessed the impact of general anaesthesia on the immune response to rabies vaccination in cats. Methods Thirty‐five healthy female cats (6–12 months old) undergoing elective spaying were enrolled.
Pierre Bessière, Romane Breysse, Marion Chrétien, Brandon Hayes, Séverine Boullier, Anouck Labadie, Jonathan Rieder, Marine Wasniewski, Géraldine Jourdan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical management of a penetrating cardiac foreign body causing tamponade in a dog: case report

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Background Penetrating cardiac foreign bodies are rare in dogs but can result in life‐threatening complications, including pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. Prompt diagnosis, emergency stabilization, and definitive surgical management are essential to achieve a favorable outcome.
RB Abibe, SC Rahal, GB Mazzali, FJT Neto, VM d V Machado, CVS Brandão   +5 more
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Radical dystopia: The comic modernism of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty‐Four

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract The present essay turns the received view of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty‐Four on its head, arguing that Orwell's dystopian classic mobilizes the modernist techniques of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land to lampoon the ideological fatalism of Eliot and other cultural conservatives.
Magnus Ullén
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Population characteristics of feral cats admitted to seven trap-neuter-return programs in the United States

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2006
Internationally, large populations of feral cats constitute an important and controversial issue due to their impact on cat overpopulation, animal welfare, public health, and the environment, and to disagreement about what are the best methods for their control.
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100126, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA ( host institution ), Wallace, Jennifer L., Levy, Julie K.   +2 more
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Cytologic Characteristics of the Feline Ovary at Different Sexual Stages

Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cytology is a valuable diagnostic tool in veterinary medicine, allowing rapid and minimally invasive diagnosis. However, its application in the reproductive tracts of small animals is limited, primarily used to assess mammary masses and stage the estrous cycle.
Alba Martí, Josep Pastor, David Prandi, Adrià Aguilar‐Catalan, Maria Montserrat Rivera del Alamo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source